The same scene plays out in Robert DeMeola’s midtown Manhattan office every few weeks now — not that it ever gets any easier. In walks a director or senior accountant, job offer in hand, threatening to...

Hold that thought.I’m talking about the angst you may have felt just after the Fourth of July, as the news was full of problems in Greece and China and the stock market was plunging. If you were like many...

PITTSBURGH — Financial adviser Robert Fragasso traveled to Washington last year to lobby Congress to vote against the Labor Department’s plan to impose a fiduciary standard on all investment advisers who...

People who live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area are more optimistic about the local economy and future growth than overall Americans, according to a survey released today by the Charles Schwab investment services firm.

NEW YORK — Investors are running out of reasons to own gold. The price of the metal, which is often seen as a hedge against inflation and a weak dollar, slumped to its lowest in five years this week. The...

WASHINGTON — U.S. businesses’ outlook on sales in the coming months has darkened after sales growth slowed in the second quarter, according to a survey released this week. More companies also expect to...

Everyone should work as a bank teller at least once in their lives.When I first heard Jill Matson utter that sentence in front of a room full of high school students last year, I instantly felt jealous...

I’m paying much more out of pocket for prescription drugs than I did in the past. What can I do to cut these costs?Prescription drug costs spiked 13.6 percent from 2014 to 2015 for a family of four with...

The thrill of getting a good deal is what motivates shoppers to comb through racks at discount retailers like Marshalls, T.J. Maxx and Ross Dress for Less. Check out these shopping hacks to get the most...

If you’re a woman who has resented the size of your paycheck compared with those going to men, Sallie Krawcheck presents a solution.In a recent speech to almost 2,000 financial advisers at the annual...

WASHINGTON — Solid job growth is finally boosting paychecks for the rest of us. Incomes for the bottom 99 percent of American families rose 3.3 percent last year to $47,213, the biggest annual gain in...

Ask retirees to design the perfect investment and it would surely be a guaranteed paycheck for life, providing protection in the market’s darkest hours, yet allowing them to profit during upswings.A product...

Wall Street may be skeptical that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this year, but Main Street seems to be getting the message.Data from online real estate company Redfin shows that requests...

People who have health insurance have less health-related financial stress. That’s a not-so-surprising finding from a recent survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.There’s good reason...

While nothing to brag about, the economy’s performance in early 2015 was not quite as bad as the number-crunchers in Washington had thought.The Commerce Department said Wednesday that the economy shrank...

If it seems like it’s taken a long time for that recruiter to call you back, or for that first interview — and second, and third — to turn into a job offer, you have company. According to a new report...

WAXAHACHIE — Most Americans suffered serious losses during and after the recession, knocked off balance by layoffs, stagnant pay and the collapse of home values. But apart from the super-rich, one group’s...

WASHINGTON — Slightly more than half, or 52 percent, of savers believe they might actually have enough money to live comfortably in retirement.That’s not a striking vote of confidence. But it’s an improvement...

So much of personal finance is personal and emotional.During a recent online discussion, a reader asked about a situation that’s all too common. And as part of a regular feature on family financial disagreements,...

WASHINGTON — One of the cornerstones of American income tax policy is that taxes are progressive. People who make more money devote a higher share of their income to federal income taxes than people who...

The Pacific Rim trade deal making its way through Congress is the latest step in a decades-long trend toward liberalizing trade — a somewhat mysterious development given that many Americans are skeptical...

WASHINGTON — The era of the over-educated barista is coming to a close.In the wake of the recession, the ranks of the unemployed in America doubled, reaching more than 15 million people at its peak. Competition...

Good news for summer job seekers: Jobs should be more plentiful this year and a majority of employers have jobs paying more than $15 per hour, according to a new report.The $15-per-hour wage has been highlighted...

Whether you are selling or staying put, here’s how to make the outside of your house sparkle.Spruce up the exterior. The quickest and most efficient way to make your home sparkle is to pressure wash it....

Companies have bemoaned a skills gap for a long time, but a report issued Thursday by JPMorgan Chase & Co. pinpoints the greatest mismatch in tens of thousands of "middle-skill" in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

A majority of Latinos say they have trouble covering monthly expenses, and almost 40 percent say they would have trouble finding $2,000 in an emergency, a new study said.Despite attaining higher education...

Major investment banks have raised their standard base salary this spring for recent college graduates to $85,000, the first rise after five years in which the salaries hovered near $70,000.At the complex...

More than two decades ago, Bill Bengen, then a financial planner in Southern California, said he had several anxious clients with the same question: How much can I spend in retirement without running out...

The latest jobs numbers are a classic glass half-empty/glass half-full report on the state of the economy.Are you a temperamental pessimist? The 223,000 jobs the nation added in April don’t seem so bad...

In the wake of the Los Angeles riots more than 20 years ago, Congress created an anti-poverty experiment called Moving to Opportunity. It gave vouchers to help poor families move to better neighborhoods...

There are lots of potholes on the road to retirement, particularly if you’re a woman. At Vanguard, one of the nation’s largest financial firms, the average male customer has saved $121,000 in his retirement...